New Features in BizTalk Server 2010

Support for Windows Server 2008 R2 offers modular, minimal installation, improved network performance and control, improved high availability features, enhanced administration and management with Server Manager and Windows PowerShell™ command-line interface, and enhanced virtualization with Hyper-V™. By taking advantage of Windows Server 2008 R2 clustering, BizTalk Server can now be deployed in multi-site cluster scenarios, where cluster nodes can reside on separate IP subnets and avoid complicated VLANs.

BizTalk Server 2010 takes advantage of the latest virtualization improvements included as part of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, which can lead to reduced costs through lower hardware, energy, and management overhead, plus the creation of a more dynamic IT infrastructure.

In addition BizTalk Server 2010 full support for Sysprep, allow easy provisioning of server machines from images (both physical and virtual). This enhancement dramatically decreases the effort required to setup a new server or to scale out an existing configuration.

Support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 offers better manageability and scalability, an optimized virtual SQL Server implementation, improved performance (especially in a 64-bit environment).

Support for Visual Studio 2010 and NET Framework (v4) introduces a number of improvements to the underlying Visual Studio-based BizTalk project system: debugging support for artifacts s BizTalk maps (XSLT), enhanced BizTalk artifact property pages being integrated into Project Designer tabs,  the latest Visual Studio Project Update Wizard and support for both release and debug builds.

BizTalk Server 2010 includes easy to use tools that integrate Line-of-Business applications with Windows Server AppFabric Workflows.  This includes Workflow activities that provide access to the BizTalk Transformation Engine and Mapper, and the BizTalk Line-of-Business adapters.

The BizTalk 2010 Mapper has been improved with a new user interface that improves development of large transformations and provides new search and predictive matching functionality. The new mapper also improves productivity by adding cut, copy, paste, move and undo functions and improved support for documenting maps and readability.

BizTalk Services accessible via SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services.

BizTalk RFID includes new event handlers and event delivery capabilities.  The new event handlers enable removal of duplicate events and filters based on EPC and visibility requirements.  The new delivery capabilities send events directly to .NET applications, BizTalk Server and EPCIS services.

Easier access to IBM applications and data sources.

A new settings dashboard consolidates all settings into a single place, providing granular settings at the group, host, or host instance level.  Supports automated settings deployment with scriptable export/import operations.

The new System Center Operation Manager Pack includes a new model with separate application and deployment views, new alerts and diagnostics and improved multi-machine monitoring and cluster awareness.

Enhancements to the setup and upgrade include a new Smart Setup which scans and installs BizTalk upgrades automatically, upgrading from BizTalk Server 2006 R2 and BizTalk Server 2009.

Enhanced Trading Partner Management provides easy on-boarding and lifecycle management of trading partners.  A new partner management model reflects typical B2B relationships and is easier to manage large scale TPM deployments.  An improved user interface includes agreement templates and business profiles for rapid configuration and a new TPM operator role which provides access to users other than administrators.

New and enhanced adapters provide higher levels of security, better performance, and support for the latest releases of line-of-business applications.

BizTalk Web Services Publishing Wizard – The BizTalk WCF Publishing Wizard can be used to publish Web services from BizTalk.  The BizTalk Web Services Publishing Wizard has been removed.

Add Web Reference – The Consume WCF Service wizard can be used to consume Web services from BizTalk.  The Add Web Reference wizard has been removed.

EDI Pipeline and Context Properties – The new Trading Partner Management feature in BizTalk Server 2010 provides the same capabilities as the EDI Pipeline and Context Properties and replaces these features.

Web Services Enhancements Adapter – The WCF Adapter using a custom transport can be used instead of the Web Services Enhancements adapter.

mySAP Adapter (legacy) – The SAP Adapter included in the BizTalk Adapter Pack replaces the legacy SAP adapter.

Oracle Database Adapter (legacy) – The Oracle Database Adapter included in the BizTalk Adapter Pack replaces the legacy Oracle Database adapter.

SQL Server Adapter (legacy) – The SQL Server Adapter included in the BizTalk Adapter Pack replaces the legacy SQL Server adapter.
Note - The legacy SQL Server Adapter is still installed as part of the BizTalk Server installation but it is not a supported feature.  You must use the SQL Server Adapter that is included in the BizTalk Adapter Pack.

Siebel Adapter (legacy) - The Siebel Adapter included in the BizTalk Adapter Pack replaces the legacy Siebel adapter.